Machine for cleaning match-splints.



v M. SAN. MACHINE FOR CLEANING MATCH SPLINTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1910.

Patented M3117, 1911.

tn: NGRRIS PETERS 00., WASHINGTON, n. c.

MORRIS SAN, F PASSAIC, NEl/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EAST JERSEY MATCH COMPANY, OF GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEN JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING MAIGH-SPLINTS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mourns SAN, of Pas saic, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Cleaning Match'splints, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of machines which are used for shaking out the refuse matter from match splints so that the latter are in shape for use in the dipping machines.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple machine of this character which will very thoroughly clean the splints and will leave them in a generally straight condition for dipping, although I do not in this case show means for holding the splints in any retaining device, as my present improvements relate more particularly to the cleaning process. As the splints come from the splint cutting machines, they are apt to contain broken splints, pieces of bark, shavings, and other matter which has to be got rid of before the splints are ready for the dipping machine, and my invention shows a very simple and complete means for accomplishing this result.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section thereof.

The machine has in the upper part a generally conical drum covered with a coarse screening, and mounted for convenience on a suitable shaft 11 which can be driven by a pulley 12 or equivalent means. I have notshown the drum in great detail because drums of this character are not new for screening purposes. It is'closed at one end as shown at 13, and has at the smaller end a closing plate lat which is stationary, and has an opening 15 through which the rough splints are fed into the drum. Other means can be employed for getting the splints ina rough state into the drum, and I have not laid stress on this feature because as stated this method of screening various articles is not new. The drum is contained in a hop per 10 which prevents the refuse matter from being thrown out, and this is mounted Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2, 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 546,814.

in the machine frame 10". As the drum is rotated, the coarser materials will be contained in it and will gravitate toward the large end and when they accumulate they can be removed, although I have not gone into the detail of showing the drum construction for this purpose, as ordinary screen drums are fitted up in this manner. The splints, however, which come on mas-9c, are straightened out by the rotary motion and are thrown through the screen and dropped upon the belts 16 which are horizontally arranged beneath the drum as shown best in Fig. 3, and which are carried on suitable drum pulleys 17 and 18, the latter being secured to a driving shaft 19 having a suitable pulley 20 attached for driving it. Between these belts 16 are arranged straightening partitions 21, the distance between which is less than the length of a match splint, and these are supported on cross-bars 22 (see Fig. 3) while somewhat similar partitions 21 are dropped down below the belts forming practically extensions of the parts 21. The belts 16 carry the splints forward to a series of rollers 23, the distance between which is less than the length of a match splint, and the rollers are provided with alining disks-21 which are really straightening partitions, and aline with the partitions 21 already referred to. These several rollers are arranged in horizontal alinement and are geared together by a train of gearing as shown at 25 so that they will all turn in the same direction so as to carry the match splints progressively forward and finally deliver them into a suitable receptacle 26 which in the present instance is an ordinary box, but which can be any suitable recelver.

At the end of the row of rollers 23 is a blower 27 which can be of any suitable construction and driven in any approved manner, and which forces a current of air through the splints as they are discharged into the box 26, thus blowing away any fine, light matter which might be carried forward with the mass of splints.

It will be seen that the partitions 21 and 24: will have a tendency to gradually straighten out the splints and short splints and small stuff will fall between the roll ers 23, while the full length splints will be carried forward and gradually straightened until they are discharged from the final roller into the box 26. Of course means can be provided for keeping them straight but even if no means is provided they are in a generally straight condition and are well freed of all the refuse matter.

It will be understood that other means can be provided for screening the splints and that the essential thing is to deliver them upon the belts 16 and to the straightening and cleaning rollers as shown, and further that the means for driving the rollers and belts, which really constitute an open carrier, can be varied without affecting the invention in any way.

The machine as I have described it is generally intended for cleaning match splints and straightening them, but it will of course be understood that it can be used for straightening and cleaning other things such for instance as toothpicks, skewers, etc.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a rotary cleaning screen, aseries of rollers arranged in generally parallel relation and provided with alining partitions, and a carrying means located below the screen and provided with straightening partitions, said carrying means serving to deliver splints from the screen to the aforesaid rollers.

2. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a series of rollers arranged in generally parallel relation and with alining partitions, belts delivering to the rollers, and straightening partitions between the belts and in alinement with the partitions on the rollers.

3. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a screen, carrying means located below the screen and having straightening partitions, and a series of rollers arranged in generally parallel relation and opposite the aforesaid carrying means, said rollers being provided with alining partitions.

MORRIS SAN.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTGI-IINSON, FRANK L. S'rUBBs.

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